First, you need to install netatalk on the Linux box. It is set up to handle printing, too, though I haven't gotten it working with my setup (Mac laptop that I use for work), mostly due to sheer laziness. You will have to put a home subdirectory for your son on the Linux box.
Good luck Cam * Ian D. Stewart ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On 2002.06.02 09:50 Richard Otte wrote: > >At home my kid has a Mac running osx and we'd also have a switch. > >We'd > >like to connect it to my Debian machine in such a way that we could > >transfer files between the machines. We also have a postscript > >printer > >connected to the switch, and we both use the phone to connect to the > >internet. Can anyone tell me how to do this or point me to > >instructions > >on how to do this? Thanks, > > Hey Ric, > > Assuming you have the two machines networked, one solution would be to > run a FTP server on the Linux box. Then the Mac could connect using > its FTP client. If Mac OSX supports TCP/IP based printing, you could > use a similiar setup for the printer. > > For information on sharing a single internet connection, take a look at > the IP-Masquerade HOWTO[1]. > > HTH, > Ian > > 1. http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/IP-Masquerade-HOWTO/index.html > > -- Cam Ellison Ph.D. R.Psych. From Roberts Creek on B.C.'s incomparable Sunshine Coast [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
